The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-03-10
INDUSTRIAL TOPICS.
Trees Constitute the Cheapest
as Well as the Finest Orna-
ments for Prairie Farms.
Largo Corn Crops Raised When the Oil
mate Is Bad and the Soil Is Very Poor.
Tho Cheapest Ornaments.

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they generally seek to beautify them
They erect buildings, on which they ex-
pend considerable money by way Of
enumeration. They build ornamental
fences about their house-yards, and
sometimes in front of their farms. They
substitute well-made gates for bars in
the openings in fences, and lay out
walks through their grounds. The old
fashioned well-sweep gives place to a
tasty pump, and trough provided with
a waste-pipe is substituted for the I'M
slightly half-hogshead. Not unfre-
quently ornamental bridges are built
over creeks and streams, and the ditch
es by the side of the road are properly
sloped and kept free from sticks and
stones. More attention is given to
keeping all the fields and pastures in
good order, so they will present an at
tractive appearance. In most cases
paint is applied to buildings and fences
with no sparing hand. The expendi-
ture of time and money in fixing up
the place so as to render IL beautiful is
often quite large, and If the results OBJ
tanned are not the best possible they
are after all very good, as taste and
skill in decoration are only obtained by
careful study and practice.
Creditable as are the attempts of
farmers to beautfy Their places, il
must after all be acknowledged that
they could be directed in other ways to
much better advantage. Trees ARE the
cheapest as the most beautiful orna-
ments of country rs well as of town
places. The original cost of them Is
generally very small, and they are self
sustaining after they are once estab-
lished in their new positions. A large
sum is annually required to keep orna-
mental buildings, bridges, and fences
In repair. Paint wears off in few
years, wooden fences rot, and wooden
bridges fall Even brick crumbles and
most kinds OF stone disintegrate. A
we'll constructed walk calls for con-
slant care and labor to keep it in good
condition. A road ditch requires at
tention to prevent it from becoming
unsightly. But trees ordinarily re.
pair the injuries that are done to them.
They grow while other things decay.
Their beauty increases while that of
most objects diminishes. No protec-
ton Is required for their trunks and
branches. Their foliage presents fresh
colors every spring far more beautiful
and varied than any painter can apply.
In most places 1t changes in the fall
to be in harmony with the other OBJ
Iects that comprise the landscape.
That Of evergreens does not change, as
It is one OF which the eye never tires.
The beautiful green needles of the pine.
fir, spruce, and hemlock stand out mid
the sunshine of June, the darkness of
December, and the gloom of March.
There Is no occasion for changing the
perfection of beauty.
Deciduous trees give charm In plac-
es even when their branches are de-
nuded Of foliage. Each variety has
some distinctive characteristic which
heightens the beauty of others both by
cooperation and contrast. The oak,
ash. hickory, and walnut are always
grand and stately. while the elm. birch,
and willow are always graceful. Trees
form the most lasting attractions Of any
. place. They are the delight Of child
Mood. the Joy of middle life, and the
yolace of old age The memory of
lnem is carried 10 distant lands, aud IL
Is always pleasant one. A tree is
beautiful in every stage of its growth,
and it constantly grows in beauty from
the time the seed-sprout appears above
ground till its branches are stretched
over rods OF land. The most charming
places in CITY or country are those that
are beautified by trees. The roads on
which people most delight to ride are
those that are bordered by stately trees.
The most beautiful landscape is the one
that affords view of the finest trees.
A solitary tree serves to break the mo-
notony of prairie farm. A grove on
it Is what fine picture Is to room.
A fine shelter belt is like an ornamental
border to vegetable garden. Trees
attract song-birds, which furnish con-
slant music during the summer months
The greater variety of trees oil place.
the greater will be the variety of birds
that will seek them for the purpose Of
building nests and rearing their Young.
The best way to fit up place with
view Of selling IL at large price is 10
set out beautiful trees in suitable
places. Trees are wanted by every
neutrality-suspicious. 1t is impossible
10 erect or ornament buildings that will
please the taste or satisfy the wants Of
all persons. Every person has his own
IDEAS about house, barn, and other
farm buildings. If they buy a farm,
they are quite likely, II they have the
means, to make alterations IN all the
buildings among the first things they
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